This is track 4 from my new album The Lightness of the Dread which was out on January 28th. This song is hopeful but not exactly full of laughs.


Catch in Light

Lens catching light, the flicker moves from left to right
To the drawing pad, a portrait of a closing eye
With dramatic force, open the emotion course
And the rigid smoke seeping in under the doorway
Would you believe this?

Every fear was creeping in
Every fear was creeping in

When catch in light, fallen on the absent flight
To a damage task, surreal end to chemicals
With the Eastern coast, a sum of a team entwined
Clip a neighbour’s side, onto the curb and through the night
And the horror stones, stalking in when you’re alone
Would you believe this?

Every fear was creeping in
Every fear was creeping in
Every fear was creeping in  



Catch In Light

"The closing track from the new album 'The Lightness of the Dread'. This song was recorded in one take according to Timmons. A bittersweet love song that beautifully captures the pain of loss."

Cardiac Arrest 

She was 21 when they started to run
He was devoted to with a child-like adoring view, all new
He lost the lighthouse key and was driven to his knees

Oh you’re feeling so
Oh you’re feeling sold

It was cardiac arrest, they worked on his chest
Then they all burst in with a blue tint to their skin
He’s in the audience of her supermarket show
He’s everywhere she goes and in everyone she knows

Oh you’re feeling so
Oh you’re feeling sold

Cardiac Arrest

10 Days Before You Died

Lyrics: 
Tell your brother I saw him
Tell your brother I got it
Tell your brother I knew him when he was at his best

It’s all about the anger
It’s all about the workers
It’s all about the lovers, clawing each other’s chests

Now you know I’m a liar
Now you know I’m a liar
Now you know I’m a liar, will you clothe me with the rest?

Frozen up and dried, is the other side unbound?
The lightness of the dread rests, the roles begin to set
You can’t speak

I can’t stand the sight of
only seeing a brave face
Let yourself through the back gate
The fade you undergo

Now you know I’m buyer
An uncontrollable hire
The empty room and the fire being risk assessed

We would dance in the front room
We would dance in the front room
We would dance in the front room

Frozen up and dried, is the other side unbound?
The lightness of the dread rests, the roles begin to set
You can’t speak

Credits:
Written by Michael Timmons
Produced by - Andy Miller at Gargleblast Studios 
Input from "Backseat Driver" - Andy MacFarlane (The Twilight Sad)
Mastered by Kenny MacLeod

Empty Room - Single

Empty Room

Crowds Below

Chimneys apart all in a row
So many starts, it’s taking its toll
Palms to the side, to the moonlit crowds below
You swiftly turn

On the mattress thin, I breathe you in
On the mattress thin, I breathe you in

If only I could leave the room, if only I
If only I could leave

Windows to the side so the smoke will rise
The coal in my hands, the red mist glows
I frighten myself but I’ll keep it in line
You swiftly run

On the mattress thin, I breathe you in
On the mattress thin, I breathe you in

If only I could leave the room, if only I
If only I could leave

I’m in the other room, I’m in the other room
Been in the other room, I’m in the other room
Was in the other room, I’m in the other room
But I’ll be leaving soon, I’ll be leaving soon


credits
from The Lightness of the Dread, released January 28, 2022
Drums & Percussion - Neil Woodside
Cello - Susan Appelbe

Crowds Below

Factory Tax

The final single from upcoming second album 'The Lightness of the Dread'.

Mercury Sills

By the light and the mercury our minds within the pack
And I left those two behind, the breeze against my back
And I offer to the edge of sills, this states my last
And as I talk, I see the wind screen begin to crack
And it cracks, and I crack

By the air from the underneath, we drown before the clock
And we mist all our best parts, the worst still left in the stock
I should’ve loved forgetting this, instead I missed the lot
And a remoteness of a sweeping chest, the line begins to snap
And it snaps, and I snap

Now I return with kerosene, the keeper’s there
When I returned you weren’t there
No you weren’t there

Now I return with kerosene, the keeper’s there
When I returned you weren’t there
You weren’t there

When I returned you weren’t there
You weren’t there
When I return, you weren’t there

Mercury Sills

Thank you for listening. 

The Agonal

You steam roll jack in the morning, you fed the line
Your personal theatre alarm and the make-up kits
The agonal

You preach, the wooden slots, I was crushed to death
You force the highest creepers and the midnight dance
The agonal

You never said
No you never said
No you never said it would last this long

No you never said
No you never said
No you never said it would last this long


credits
from The Lightness of the Dread, released January 28, 2022
Drums - Neil Woodside

The Agonal

The Lightness of the Dread

St. Andrews

Town Hall

Coast with me to increase the chance of us
Help me drown the frequent ‘hand me down’ sentiments
Honestly, as faith goes, under reeds on a sleeper through
Bolts and locks and sulphate
Baseball cards
You’re underweight

When I see you at Hanshin
It’s in the corner of the room
And it’s leaking through the landing of the close
It’s a fact I need you most
When I see you at Hanshin
It’s in the corner of the room
And it’s leaking through the landing of the close
It’s a fact I need you most

When I see you at Hanshin
It’s in the corner of the room
And it’s leaking through the landing of the close
It’s a fact that I need you most
It’s fact I need you most
It’s fact I need you most

Taken from new ep 'Pastel'

Written and performed by: Michael Timmons
Recorded and mixed by: Andy Miller in Gargleblast Studios
Omnicord by David Lan
Mastered by: Paul Gallagher
Back-Seat Driver: Andy MacFarlane

Artwork: Dorothy Johnston

Hanshin Railway Line

Singer songwriter intimacy meets attacking electronic drums in this mostly Improvised recording captured live in the studio - electronics and ambience beautifully performed live by musician Yoker Moon. Produced by Andy Monaghan (Frightened Rabbit).

Michael Timmons and Yoker Moon - Practice

"A man of some lovely words in song” – Steve Lamacq, BBC 6 Music
"Sparse, understated and heartfelt" - Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music
"exceptional songwriting...full of so much delicate and heartfelt emotion, it's hard not to get lost in" - The Skinny

"From East Kilbride, Timmons creates beautiful fragile music, sustained by reverb laden finger-plucked electric guitar."